Today Is A Good Day!

Every single morning, she is there. She’s with me when I wake up. Thoughts of her come to me at different times throughout the day.

She was with us for 2 weeks…our “stronger” twin, twin B who weighed 1lb. 4oz. compared to her sister who weighed only 1lb. 2oz. when they were born at just 23 weeks & 5 days. She opened her eyes first. She had the better start in life…and then she passed away in our arms at 2:15pm on Sunday, November 28, 2010, the weekend after Thanksgiving. We knew her time with us was limited. She had been very sick for the past few days.

As a parent who has lost a child, the hole in my heart never seems to heal. I can feel the small hole that was left the day our Mary Gladys passed away. We believe she earned her angel wings that day. And, while we believe she is watching over us, days still present difficult moments even seven years into this journey.

Through our lives we meet others who have traveled not only the NICU journey but also the journey of losing a child. The difficult moments, the “what ifs,” and the thoughts will always be there. The hole is always present. Read more...

from Mainline Today
The nonprofit's president and founder shares her story.In 2010, Wyndmoor’s Martha Sharkey learned that she and her husband were expecting. When she was just 23 weeks pregnant, Sharkey went into labor, delivering twins Claire and Mary. The girls were immediately admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit at Abington Memorial Hospital. Two weeks later, Mary passed. Another three months after that, a thriving Claire was released and sent home with her parents. To honor their daughters and aid parents on a similar journey, the Sharkeys launched a nonprofit in 2014 called Today Is a Good Day to provide emotional and financial support. Read more...

The mission of TODAY is a Good Day is to provide personal and financial support for families with premature babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Through the generous support of our donors, TODAY is a Good Day partnered with another local non-profit, The Superhero Project, to provide a $10,000 grant to Einstein Medical Center. A portion of the funding will be used to purchase hospital-grade rocking chairs for parents to use when visiting their premature babies in the NICU. Read more...

The Philadelphia Inquirer recently featured our journey as part
of their Parent Trip section. We are so pleased and honored to have our story shared and hope that it can help other families who are seeking to navigate
the NICU as we did. Read more...